Haakon as regent

[Alexandria]

Polfoto 25-11-2003 Oslo - King Harald hospitalized Norwegians were waiting Wednesday for more information after the news that King Harald had been admitted to hospital, suffering from hematuria, blood in the urine. But official details were sparse, and physicians were quick to point out that hematuria can mean anything from an infection to cancer. The pictures showes Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Princess Mette-Marit on their way out of the hospital after visiting the King.

Polfoto 26-11-2003 Oslo: Crown Prince Haakon will serve as acting regent while King Harald takes a week break from official duties. Here Haakon arrives home to his appartment in Ullevålsveien 67.

Polfoto 26-11-2003 Oslo: Crown Prince Haakon will serve as acting regent while King Harald takes a week break from official duties. Here Haakon arrives home to his appartment in Ullevålsveien 67 in Oslo together with Mette-Marit's son Marius.

[Alexandria]

From the Glittering Royals messsage board:

Photo:BJØRN SIGURDSØN (Aftenposten-Nett)

Today The Crown Prince Regent leads The State Council and later welcomes HE The President of Kirgisistan, Askar Akajev.

[norwegianne]

Since King Harald is ill, and on sick leave it seems like Crown Prince Haakon will be making his debut on New Year's Eve with the traditional speech. :o

[Alexandria]

www.vg.no

Haakon: –Skal gjøre så godt vi kan

– Vi skal gjøre så godt vi kan – det kommer sikkert til å gå fint. Jeg har vært regent tidligere, men aldri over så lang tid, sa kronprins Haakon mandag kveld.

Både kronprinsen og kronprinsesse Mette-Marit var gjester under NORADs hiv-aids-konsert på Eidsvolls plass, og frammøtt presse var naturlig nok svært interessert i kronprinsens kommentar etter dagens nyhet om kongens blærekreft.

-Det var ikke noe hyggelig budskap å få, men vi er glad for at legene melder om gode prognoser. Legene er optimistiske og kongen blir frisk, sa Haakon.

-Kongen har bedt meg fortelle at han setter pris på hilsener og all omtanke, sa kronprins Haakon.

Overtar program og TV-tale

I forbindelse med sin fars sykdom er det kronprins Haakon som i henhold til Grunnlovens paragraf 41 overtar kongens offisielle plikter. Blant annet er det kronprinsregenten som vil holde årets nyttårstale.

Tirsdag skulle kongeparet hatt middag på Slottet for landets fylkesmenn, men både denne middagen og middagen for medlemmene av Høyesterett dagen etter er avlyst på grunn av kongens sykdom.

Høytidelige audienser og andre planlagte audienser overtas av kronprinsregenten i den perioden kongen er syk.

Det er også kronprinsparet som sammen med dronning Sonja vil være til stede ved utdelingen av Nobels fredspris 10. desember. Kronprins Haakon og kronprinsesse Mette-Marit vil også være stede ved Nobelkonserten i Oslo Spektrum dagen etter.

Kronprinsregenten vil overvære H.M. Kongens Gardes årlige kirkeparade i Oslo domkirke den 16. desember.

(NTB 01.12.03 kl. 18:26)

[Dennism]

She looked so sad in these photos. Not good for the baby. I hope she and the king will get better.

[norwegianne]

Originally posted by Dennism@Dec 2nd, 2003 - 10:03 pm
She looked so sad in these photos. Not good for the baby. I hope she and the king will get better.

Well, she will better... the baby can't stay inside forever As for the King, well all reports say that they believe he'll be alright again. At least until they know if the cancer has spread.

[Dennism]

You're right. I was being too melancholy.

[Alexandria]

www.dagbladet.com - PÅ JOBB: Kronprins Haakon og dronning Sonja, mottok forrige fredag Kirgisistans president Askar Akajev og hans kone Mairam på Slottet. Kronprinsen fungerer som regent mens kong Harald er sykmeldt.

[xicamaluca]

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/ar...rticleID=687018

Crown couple has hands full

Talk about everything happening at once. Norway's Crown Prince Haakon not only is acting regent while his father is sick, but it's a particularly busy season for the royals. And on top of that, he and Crown Princess Mette-Marit are moving.

The holiday season is a busy time for just about everybody, but for Norway's crown couple, it's turned downright hectic.

Crown Prince Haakon took over royal duties for King Harald last week, after the monarch was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He's thus presided over the weekly session with the government, stepped in for such official duties as accrediting new ambassadors and must prepare and tape the reigning monarch's annual nationally broadcast New Year's address to the Norwegian people.

This week, meanwhile, is dominated by all the ceremony tied to the annual awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize, the one time of the year when Oslo is guaranteed to attract international attention. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will greet prize winneer Shirin Ebadi of Iran Tuesday, preside over Wednesday's awards ceremony and banquet, and attend Thursday's annual Nobel Concert.

The crown prince's new duties as regent are expected to last at least through February, the earliest point at which King Harald is expected to be fully recovered.

Meanwhile, the crown couple is expecting their first child together next month, and also was keen to move into newly remodeled quarters at the official residence they're taking over at Skaugum, west of Oslo.

That means packing and all the chaos associated with any household move. A large van was parked outside their current flat at Ullevaalsveien 67 in Oslo on Monday, signalling that the move was underway.

And then there's Christmas to think about, one of the most socially active and important seasons in Norway. Doctors already have cautioned the crown princess to take it easy during the latter part of her pregnancy.

Maybe the couple will be able to take a break next spring.

Aftenposten English Web Desk
Nina Berglund


A moving crew was busy Monday in front of the Oslo building where the crown couple have a flat. PHOTO: SIGNE DONS

[Alexandria]

Haakon looks very handsome here ...

OSLO, NORWAY: HRH Norwegian Crown prince Haakon, Regent while his father King Harald is on sick leave, received the credentials of the new Phillipine Ambassador to Norway, Mrs. Victoria S. Bataclan, at an official audience at the Royal Palace in Oslo 17 December 2003.

OSLO, NORWAY: HRH Norwegian Crown prince Haakon, Regent while his father King Harald is on sick leave, received the credentials of the new Nepalese ambassador to Norway, Mr Prabal Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, at an official audience at the Royal Palace in Oslo 17 December 2003.

http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/home/home.aspx

[hrhcp]

..what with CP Haakon being regent of Norway, I'm surprised this topic is not up-to-date !!!!

[carlota]

i was seeing the phot and i was asking to myself why don't crown princesses attend to that kind of acts? i didn't see maxima or mm, for example, in any of them. and i doubt letizia or mary will attend when they are cp's.
does anybody know why?

[Alexandria]

Originally posted by carlota@Apr 6th, 2004 - 5:36 am
i was seeing the phot and i was asking to myself why don't crown princesses attend to that kind of acts? i didn't see maxima or mm, for example, in any of them. and i doubt letizia or mary will attend when they are cp's.
does anybody know why?

What kind of acts are you referring to? What photos were you looking at?

[Angel S.]

Originally posted by Alexandria+Apr 6th, 2004 - 9:14 am--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Alexandria @ Apr 6th, 2004 - 9:14 am)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-carlota@Apr 6th, 2004 - 5:36 am
i was seeing the phot and i was asking to myself why don&#39;t crown princesses attend to that kind of acts? i didn&#39;t see maxima or mm, for example, in any of them. and i doubt letizia or mary will attend when they are cp&#39;s.
does anybody know why?

What kind of acts are you referring to? What photos were you looking at? [/b][/quote]
It&#39;s some sort of meeting between some new ambassadors to Norway & CP Haakon. I was wondering the same thing, why isn&#39;t MM there?

[Alexandria]

Originally posted by Angel S.@Apr 6th, 2004 - 10:13 am
It&#39;s some sort of meeting between some new ambassadors to Norway & CP Haakon. I was wondering the same thing, why isn&#39;t MM there?

Mette-Marit is on maternity leave until late spring/early summer. As the meeting of these ambassadors at which Haakon was presiding in his role as regeant, took place in mid-February, Mette-Marit would&#39;ve only just delievered Ingrid Alexandra a month or so before. She was in all likelihood resting.

[norwegianne]

1. Mette-Marit won&#39;t be appearing much in public until August. Maternity-leave.
2. She wouldn&#39;t have appeared had she not been on maternity leave. Nor is Queen Sonja there. Since the duty Haakon is performing is original King Harald&#39;s, Queen Sonja would have been the one who would have been there, had it been custom.
3. It&#39;s not a tradition for spouses to been present when receiving the credentials of the new ambassadors. As far as I know that&#39;s also the case in Denmark, I&#39;m not sure about the other countries. Handing over the credentials from the ambassador&#39;s own head of state does not count as a state-visit.

Any more explaining needed?

[Larzen]

Comming events
Haakon is now regent and has taken over all of the Kings duties.
30.03 Haakon: 2 audiences
31.03. Mette-Marit attend the World championship in Telemark skiing at Beitostølen
01.04 Haakon:State council
03.04 Haakon attends the first service of the new bishop of Oslo together with the Queen and Mette-Marit
05.04 Haakon: Audience and Lunch for the president of Chile
06.04 Open new Offshore simulator in Ålesund (Wester part of Norway)
07.04 Diplomatic Lunch (The website does not say who will attend)
08.04 Haakon: Statecouncil, then he will fly to Britain to attend the wedding between Prince of Wales and Camilla together with Mette-Marit
10.04 Haakon to Japan-EXPO
11.04 Haakon and?? Giving medals
13.04 Haakon and ?? Giving medals
14.04 Haakon Audience and Lunch for the President of Kroatia
15.04 Haakon: State council
18.04 Haakon and Mette-Marit opens the international week in Drammen
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/n...d/4610010.html

There is also planned a visit to Poland in May, but the date might be changed now that the King is sick, and May is already very busy. (source Se og Hør )

The emperor and empress of Japan will pay a state visit to Norway 10-13 May, part of the visit will take part in beautiful Trondheim where Princess Märtha Louise got married.
http://www.siste.no/Innenriks/article1471274.ece
The palace has said that the King will be on sick leave for approxametly two months that means the Haakon will most likely host this visit as regent.

The King and Queen of Sweden will alos come on a official visit to Norway 10-11 june to open a peace center, according to several papers there will be ball at the palace, and we all get to see Queen Silvia at her grandest

[kwanfan]

Wow! Lots of events coming up for Haakon and Mette-Marit.

[marezdote]

Thanks for the pics and schedule info Larzen!

[Larzen]

1 The Crown Prince Regent in an audience with the new ambassador of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Faik Uzunovic

2 The Crown Prince Regent in an audience with the new ambassador of South Korea, Young-seok Kim

Source www.kongehuset.no